hillary clinton said she never spoke with president obama that night. i think it does go back to what was the state department directing? why didn't they ask to engage in the fight? for instance, we had a team that was going to go in and secure the compound in tripoli because we thought that was coming under attack. and yet the state department made the department of defense change uniforms. they didn't want them going in with the american flag on their shoulders. it's so offensive. >> while this hearing is going on, congressman, you just heard that jay carney was being peppered by questions by reporters. one of the things he said today is that the cover-up is bogus, this is a gop conspiracy theory. and you would say what? >> well, they've tried to portray this as a phony scandal. but they've also said they provided all the information. as the cnn reporter said, how come you haven't provided all the information the president said. in the last 30 days, we've gotten 3,200 new documents. once the white house press corps gets past why didn't they get these